The extract from minutes of the 98th meeting of the Council of Western European Union (WEU) on 30 October 1957 describes the tense relationship between the WEU Assembly and the WEU Council and mentions the debates on the idea of a European defence policy. The representatives of the Federal Republic of Germany (Hans von Herwarth and Heinrich von Brentano), France (Jean Chauvel) and the United Kingdom (Sir Anthony Rumbold) contribute to the discussion and propose solutions to improve the relationship between the Assembly and the Council. On the idea of a European defence policy, despite a few differences of opinion regarding various details, the members of the WEU Council believe that such a policy should not be limited to the WEU Member States.